Friday, March 29, 2013

Folklore and Quilts...

Cooper and Aunt Leah at Gardner Village with cute Easter decorations...

The following pictures are all from an exhibit at My Girlfriends Quilt Shoppe addressing the folklore of quilting in Northern Utah. Great presentation was given with slide show...made for an enjoyable evening...enjoy the photos!!

1st time applique project for this quilt maker....exquisite!

example of foundation piecing...

Antique bow tie...

Women quilting outdoors in the 1940's--picture from Library of Congress. Making a quilt for sheepherders...

Quilt made by Millie Olmstead (who has recently passed)...this quilt was shown in Paducah...

Another Millie Olmstead quilt...

Signature quilt from South Cache Valley Quilters quilt guild in the 1980's...a few of the ladies who signed the quilt are passed away...

Some of the people I know who signed the quilt...

Magnificent Cathedral Windows quilt....

Crazy quilt---reflected dates of 1904 and 1902...

Drunkard's Path quilt---made one for my son in same colors a few years ago, however, my blocks were larger...

Flour Sack...these were bleached in the day and used for quilt backgrounds...

Woolen quilt pieced and hand quilted (surprisingly enough the maker was a relative to my husband)...

Small wall quilt...

This quilt was made turn in the late 1800's...

Family history quilt with pictures from the quiltmaker's family history...

Miniature art quilt...lovely...

Beautiful hand appliqued and quilted quilt....Hope you enjoyed the pictures...It is good to see a history of quilts and talk about the folklore involved...Make sure you label your quilts and I will try to do a better job of it as well...

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I love all things material (by that I mean fabric). I have loved fabric since I was old enough to understand what fabric was and what it could do. Quilting was a natural progression for me because I love to sew. I have a love of traditional piecing and reproduction fabrics. My favorite type of quilts are scrap quilts. They remind me of Grandma.